Author Topic: D R Coated Hi Beams (Read 422 times)

basstard · « **Reply #30 on:** November 05, 2004, 03:53:40 AM »

A friend of mine (who's currently after Adam's blue Essence, BTW (-;) uses Black Beauties on his Deluxe Jazz. Very good strings, keep their sound for a long time, 45s are about as flexible as 40s. However, they tend to break quickly...

flaxattack · « **Reply #31 on:** November 05, 2004, 06:15:00 AM »

hey nigel- would love too- as soon as you learn to read- the set is not complete-lol

pookeymp · « **Reply #32 on:** November 05, 2004, 09:12:47 AM »

Thanks Jeff...very cool...I'm off to order some Blues.

Mikey/

poor_nigel · « **Reply #33 on:** November 05, 2004, 04:11:53 PM »

Well Flax, I have decided to take your advice. I figure this woud be a good book to start learning to read in.

I can loan it to you when I'm done, if you like.

dela217 · « **Reply #34 on:** November 05, 2004, 07:08:07 PM »

Romper Room!!!!!!!! Wow. I forgot all about that. I thought that Romper Room was a New Orleans thing. When I was around 5 or so, there was a local TV show called Romper Room. All those Do Bee and Don't Bee brainwashing came flooding back. Thanks!

Michael

poor_nigel · « **Reply #35 on:** November 06, 2004, 01:51:01 AM »

Each city had its own Romper Room show and teachers. Mine, in Sacramento, was taught/hosted by Miss Pat. I bought this '56 book and a Mr. Do Bee teachers' coffee cup, as that was the first year I starting watching. When is the last time you have see children bow and curtsy? You can never go home, again, but you can buy little pieces of it on eBay.

flaxattack · « **Reply #36 on:** November 06, 2004, 09:22:39 AM »

sounds good nigel....think i have the cliff notes... Lmao

the_mule · « **Reply #37 on:** November 16, 2004, 09:28:39 AM »

Couldn't resist posting these here also. My Orion just looks so much better with Black Beauties... Wilfred

flaxattack · « **Reply #38 on:** November 16, 2004, 03:25:01 PM »

sweeeeeeet- am putting blacks on the direwolf also
like em?

Manfred · « **Reply #39 on:** November 17, 2004, 05:43:42 AM »

I got the blue and red ones and used the blue ones on my white Moon (there's a picture of that Moon bass in the showcase, series I, Dales 77). They look and sound great but were a bit hard on my fingers (blisters and blood). After one gig they were almost dead. It was a tough gig and I hit my strings pretty hard especially that night. But, they still look great. How do you guys clean your strings after playing? I use a dry cloth and keep on rubbing till the rest of the band is almost at home but still not happy with the result. I normally use elixir nanoweb strings and they last until they break, even without cleaning. So what am I doing wrong?

Manfred

son_of_magni · « **Reply #40 on:** November 23, 2004, 04:08:11 PM »

I put a six string set of the black on my new (homemade) bass, with MXY pickups/electronics. Playing through my usual stack and without making many changes on the Navigator, the bottom end sounded fabulous. But the high end sounded too thin, and peaky in a sort of unforgiving way. Since then I have put on a new set of TI jazz flats... I'm home.......

They did look cool though

... oh, I just thought I should add, I'm playing fretless, so , umm, that bright sound, between the strings and the Alembic electronics, really shows off any intonation errors. But for a slapper they might be just the thing, for fretless though I think we really want a more solid punchy midrange. Ok, I'm just rambleing here so I guess I'll stop :p

(Message edited by son_of_magni on November 23, 2004)

pasherm · « **Reply #41 on:** November 26, 2004, 09:29:48 PM »

Hey all,

Check out www.juststrings.com. They have all of the DR line, including the black / red coated types. (They used to have the blue ones too, not sure why they don't anymore.) I had them on a fretless Orion for awhile, but eventually went back to TI flats.

If you live in the stix like me, they are the best option.

~Pete